The Vallejo Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence and drivers license checkpoint tonight, November 2, 2018. The checkpoint will be fun at an undisclosed location starting at 6 p.m.

The Solano County checkpoint will be funded by California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and the Vallejo Police Department supports OTS’s efforts to educate all drivers that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.” Valljeo Police Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment and if needed, specially trained officers will be called to evaluate drivers suspected of drug-impaired driving.

A person charged with a DUI in Solano County could be punished with probation, fines, a DUI school and up to 6 months in jail under the California Vehicle Code. Punishment is greater for people with multiple offenses for driving under the influence. Whether arrested for DUI in Vallejo, Benicia, American Canyon, or Fairfield, you need to call an experienced aggressive driving under the influence attorney for help.

On Friday, January 26, 2018, Marin County sheriff’s deputies and officers from the California Highway Patrol arrested a driver after he was seen driving erratically at speeds in excess of 80 mph in Mill Valley. The male driver had a 4-year-old passenger in his car when he was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence.

Marin County drivers arrested for drunk driving will face possible jail time, thousands of dollars in fines, fees, mandatory DUI classes, and additional expenses that can sometimes exceed $10,000.

If you are arrested for drunk driving, in Mill Valley, Kentfield, San Rafael, Sausalito, or anywhere in Marin County call an experienced aggressive traffic ticket and DUI defense attorney for help.

The City of Napa Police Department reported that they made one arrest for Drunk Driving after Super Bowl LII. The Napa Police had increased their patrols looking for DUI drivers on Super Sunday. 48 cases were stopped and Napa Police Officers administered field sobriety tests to six people but only one driver, a 27-year old female from Vallejo, was arrested for driving under the influence.

For more information about driving under the influence charges in Napa, Calistoga, American Canyon, Marin County and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, or for a free consultation, call Northern California DUI attorney John Stanko at 707-642-8900, 415-755-8899, or toll free at 1-877-204-8900.

Five California Highway Patrol officers have been hit by cars as they were assisting other motorists on Bay Area freeways in the last several weeks. Three of those crashes were DUI related and the CHP is responding by launching an anti-drunk driving campaign. The Highway Patrol will have officers out in force, looking to stop impaired drivers before they injure or kill themselves or someone else.

With the legalization of recreational marijuana in California police officer want you to know that if you drive high you can get a DUI. But there is no per se limit or chemical threshold like the .08 blood alcohol level, for driving after consuming marijuana. DUI prosecutions for driving under the influence of cannabis are based on police officer observations of driving and of the driver.

NHTSA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported to Congress in July 2017 that setting THC levels for driving “is not meaningful.” THC, Tetrahydrocannabinol, is the psychoactive component in marijuana. Not having a THC threshold limit can make marijuana DUI difficult to prosecute.

A drinking and driving conviction for a first offense in Marin County or elsewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area can result in punishment including probation, fines, a DUI school and up to 6 months in jail under the California Vehicle Code. Drivers with multiple DUI offenses for driving under the influence face even greater punishment. Whether arrested for DUI in Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield, Vallejo, or Benicia, you need to call an experienced aggressive driving under the influence attorney for help.

Since January 1, 2018, Californians over the age of 21 have been able to legally purchase possess and consume cannabis recreationally.

The new California law permits adults 21 and up to buy 1 ounce of cannabis per day, which is enough material to fill a few dozen joints. You can alternately purchase up to 8 grams of cannabis concentrates found in marijuana edibles such as candies, brownies and breakfast bars.6 a.m. and 10 p.m. people can legally purchase cannabis. With the passage of Proposition 64 you can now legally possess cannabis and can purchase up to 1 ounce of buds or 8 grams of concentrated cannabis per day. You will need to show proper identification and most likely pay case and recreational dispensaries do not take credit.

The Vallejo Police Department will be conducting an enhanced DUI enforcement during the 2018 Super Bowl weekend. Vallejo Police will deploy extra officers in an effort to bust drunk and impaired drivers and the Solano County agency indicates that anyone showing signs of alcohol or drug impairment will be stopped and arrested.

A conviction for a first offense DUI in Solano County or anywhere in the Bay Area can result in punishment including probation, fines, a DUI school and up to 6 months in jail under the California Vehicle Code. Drivers with multiple offenses for driving under the influence face even greater punishment. Whether arrested for DUI in Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield, Vallejo, or Benicia, you need to call an experienced aggressive driving under the influence attorney for help.

For more information about driving under the influence charges, suspended license charges and traffic tickets in Vallejo, Solano County and throughout the greater Bay Area, or for a free consultation, call Solano County DUI attorney John Stanko at 415-755-8899, or toll free at 1-877-204-8900.

The California Highway Patrol found a driver passed out behind the wheel of his car on the Bay Bride and arrested him for DUI. The driver informed the officers that his Tesla was on autopilot and the he was not driving. After arresting the driver, the San Francisco CHP found his blood alcohol level to be allegedly more than twice the .08% legal limit.

A drinking and driving conviction for a first offense in San Francisco, Marin County or in most counties throughout the San Francisco Bay Area can result in punishment including probation, fines, a DUI school and up to 6 months in jail under the California Vehicle Code. Drivers with multiple DUI offenses for driving under the influence face even greater punishment. Whether arrested for DUI in San Francisco, Oakland, Sausalito, or Daly City, you need to call an experienced aggressive driving under the influence attorney for help.

For more information about driving under the influence, traffic or criminal charges in Marin County, San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area, or for a free consultation, call attorney John Stanko at 415-755-8899, or toll free at 1-877-204-8900.

Arrests for DUI by the California Highway Patrol went up dramatically over the 2017 holiday season compared to 2016. Statewide, more people were arrested in California for driving over the influence during the Thanksgiving and Christmas weekends in 2017. The CHP arrested 936 people for DUI from December 29, 2017 to January 1, 2018, an increase of 22 percent increase over last year.

The Golden Gate Division of the CHP, serving the Bay Area, arrested 157 people for DUI, nearly double the number in 2016.

A drinking and driving conviction for a first offense in Marin County or elsewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area can result in punishment including probation, fines, a DUI school and up to 6 months in jail under the California Vehicle Code. Drivers with multiple DUI offenses for driving under the influence face even greater punishment. Whether arrested for DUI in Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield, Vallejo, or Benicia, you need to call an experienced aggressive driving under the influence attorney for help.

The California Highway Patrol Santa Rosa Area office made 22 driving under the influence arrests over the 2017-2018 New Year’s weekend. The CHP also reported making 14 arrests the prior week over the Christmas weekend. The Santa Rosa Area CHP reports that they normally make 12 to 15 DUI arrests every weekend throughout the year.

From November 22, 2017 through January 2, 2018, the Santa Rosa police made 74 DUI arrests, up from 64 last year.

If you receive a speeding ticket, cell phone ticket, DUI or other traffic related offense in on a Petaluma, Rhonert Park, Novato, San Rafael or anywhere in Northern California, call an experienced aggressive traffic ticket and DUI attorney for help.